For those of us who are following with rapt attention the developments in the Cheshire murder case, and wondering how it all connects to Bristol, here's a fascinating document made available by the ctlocalpolitics.net blog, which happens to be one of the essential websites for Connecticut news.
Click here to read the sentencing transcript in PDF format
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Showing posts with label Jayda Norton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jayda Norton. Show all posts
August 1, 2007
July 30, 2007
Alleged Cheshire killer a child molester?
From what little we know about alleged killer Joshua Komisarjevsky, he appears to have a thing for young teenage girls. What's particularly alarming is that his sickness may have been obvious back in 2002 if only authorities in Bristol had noticed or cared.
I've already written about this here, but it is an important issue that's worth real scrutiny. If Komisarjevsky was having sex with a 15-year-old Bristol girl, and there's reason to believe he was, then why didn't he get charged with the crime at the time? Bad enough that he was donning night vision goggles and burglarizing homes, but if you throw in the sexual abuse of a minor, you have a far better idea why a judge once called him a "cold, calculating predator."
I don't know if it would have saved the Petit family, but I do know that there was plenty of reason for police and prosecutors to look at the issue in Feb. 2002, when Komisarjevsky's 16-year-old girlfriend was about to give birth to a daughter later named Jayda. Did they look into it? Did they care? And what did they find out if they did investigate?
Anyone out there who has information on the issue, please let us know what you know. You can reach me at scollins@bristolpress.com or phone me at the newspaper at (860) 584-0501 x. 254.
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I've already written about this here, but it is an important issue that's worth real scrutiny. If Komisarjevsky was having sex with a 15-year-old Bristol girl, and there's reason to believe he was, then why didn't he get charged with the crime at the time? Bad enough that he was donning night vision goggles and burglarizing homes, but if you throw in the sexual abuse of a minor, you have a far better idea why a judge once called him a "cold, calculating predator."
I don't know if it would have saved the Petit family, but I do know that there was plenty of reason for police and prosecutors to look at the issue in Feb. 2002, when Komisarjevsky's 16-year-old girlfriend was about to give birth to a daughter later named Jayda. Did they look into it? Did they care? And what did they find out if they did investigate?
It's already past time for the relevant probation reports, court files and police records to be unveiled so that we can see what happened back in 2002. Get it out in the open -- and quick.
Anyone out there who has information on the issue, please let us know what you know. You can reach me at scollins@bristolpress.com or phone me at the newspaper at (860) 584-0501 x. 254.
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July 27, 2007
Suspected killer's daughter born in Bristol
Reporters Matthew Kauffman and Lisa Chedekel of The Hartford Courant dug into court records this week to come up with the story of Jayda Norton, who was born in Bristol.
"Jayda was born at Bristol Hospital March 15, 2002, when Norton was 16 and Komisarjevsky was 21," the story said.
"The baby lived with Norton at her parent's home in Bristol until Christmas Day 2003, according to court records. Norton then moved in with a boyfriend in Bristol," the Courant reported.
So Komisarjevsky was arrested in Bristol one month before Jayda was born. Instead of caring for his very young, pregnant girlfriend, he was out wearing night vision goggles and breaking into homes in Bristol and Burlington.
This poor girl, whose mother is former Bristol resident Jennifer Norton, 22, is living now with Joshua Komisarjevsky's family in Cheshire.
It was with Norton's family on Wilderness Way that Komisarjevsky lived before his arrest on burglary charges. The family moved away at least a couple of years ago.
Incredible as it sounds now, the father won a custody fight for her six weeks before he allegedly helped massacre the Petit family, according to the Courant's story.
God help little Jayda is all I can say.
And thanks for nailing down the story, Matt and Lisa.
The only remaining question I have is what is Jennifer Norton's birthday? It sure seems that Komisarjevsky may have been guilty of having sex with an underage girl when he was 21. Was Norton 15 at the time she got pregnant? And if she was, how come nobody prosecuted him for that? Clearly the police and prosecutors knew he was living with a 16-year-old mother of his child, since they told a Press reporter that at the time.
Assuming the stories in the Press in 2002 and the Courant today are accurate, Jennifer Norton had to turn 16 sometime between February and July of 2001. She was pregnant in June 2001, though we can hardly be sure she hadn't been seeing Komisarjevsky before that.
He started robbing homes in the area in July 2001, the police said, which may be an indication he was seeing a lot of Jennifer Norton by then.
This guy may well have been a child molester who should have been charged with that at the time - a move that might have kept in prison longer and would have landed him on the sex offender list.
I have some sympathy for high school kids who fool around with slightly younger schoolmates -- not exactly the kind of predators you worry about -- but none at all for 21-year-old men who are having sex with 15-year-old girls.
In any case, this is clearly something we need to know more about.
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Contact Steve Collins at scollins@bristolpress.com
"Jayda was born at Bristol Hospital March 15, 2002, when Norton was 16 and Komisarjevsky was 21," the story said.
"The baby lived with Norton at her parent's home in Bristol until Christmas Day 2003, according to court records. Norton then moved in with a boyfriend in Bristol," the Courant reported.
So Komisarjevsky was arrested in Bristol one month before Jayda was born. Instead of caring for his very young, pregnant girlfriend, he was out wearing night vision goggles and breaking into homes in Bristol and Burlington.
This poor girl, whose mother is former Bristol resident Jennifer Norton, 22, is living now with Joshua Komisarjevsky's family in Cheshire.
It was with Norton's family on Wilderness Way that Komisarjevsky lived before his arrest on burglary charges. The family moved away at least a couple of years ago.
Incredible as it sounds now, the father won a custody fight for her six weeks before he allegedly helped massacre the Petit family, according to the Courant's story.
God help little Jayda is all I can say.
And thanks for nailing down the story, Matt and Lisa.
The only remaining question I have is what is Jennifer Norton's birthday? It sure seems that Komisarjevsky may have been guilty of having sex with an underage girl when he was 21. Was Norton 15 at the time she got pregnant? And if she was, how come nobody prosecuted him for that? Clearly the police and prosecutors knew he was living with a 16-year-old mother of his child, since they told a Press reporter that at the time.
Assuming the stories in the Press in 2002 and the Courant today are accurate, Jennifer Norton had to turn 16 sometime between February and July of 2001. She was pregnant in June 2001, though we can hardly be sure she hadn't been seeing Komisarjevsky before that.
He started robbing homes in the area in July 2001, the police said, which may be an indication he was seeing a lot of Jennifer Norton by then.
This guy may well have been a child molester who should have been charged with that at the time - a move that might have kept in prison longer and would have landed him on the sex offender list.
I have some sympathy for high school kids who fool around with slightly younger schoolmates -- not exactly the kind of predators you worry about -- but none at all for 21-year-old men who are having sex with 15-year-old girls.
In any case, this is clearly something we need to know more about.
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Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.
Contact Steve Collins at scollins@bristolpress.com
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